If I can make useful software (been trying for a few months since resigning) and thereby, enough money, I'll make a luxury train service, so people can travel and work like this.
#ChooChooChBoogie
Heading for the station with a pack on my back
I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I love to hear the rhythm of the clickity-clack
And pal around with democratic fellows named Mac
So, take me right back to the track, Jack!
Never again shall I fume at Apple Maps’ complete ineptitude at predicting the NYC subway system. Having realized its true purpose as a highly efficient disinformation system, I simply admire its effectiveness. #AppleMaps#NYCsubway
Elmer J. McCurdy was one of the worst safe men the Old West ever saw. In March of 1911, he tried to rob the Iron Mountain-Missouri Pacific train which was reportedly transporting $4,000. After stopping the train and locating the safe, McCurdy used so much nitroglycerin the majority of the money was destroyed. They managed to escape with roughly $450 in silver coin, most of which was melted in the blast.
Six months later, McCurdy and his crew tried to rob the Citizens Bank in Chautauqua, Kansas. This time McCurdy used so much nitro, the vault door was blown clear through the bank. However, when he tried to crack the interior safe, he couldn’t light the charge. Eventually, they grabbed $175 in loose coin and made a run for it.
His final robbery was probably the worst. On October 4th, 1911 McCurdy and his men planned to stop the Katy Train which was carrying $400,000 to the Osage Nation. Even if McCurdy blew up the majority of the loot, that’s still a fair haul. Of course, this being McCurdy something was bound to go wrong. Imagine his surprise when he managed to stop the train, climb aboard only to realize his mistake. He had stopped the wrong train. Unwilling to leave empty handed McCurdy snatched $46 from a mail clerk, a pistol, two jugs of whiskey, someone’s coat, and the conductor’s watch. Three days later, a drunk Elmer J. McCurdy was surrounded by the law and shot dead putting an end to his reign of mediocre terror.
Evening at #Avignon 🇫🇷 station: an #SNCF class BB66000 diesel is passing alongside a #DB#Autozug car-carrying train which makes a stop here on its way from #Narbonne to #Hamburg🇩🇪. A photo I’ve taken in May 2007. It can’t be repeated easily: DB no longer runs these night-trains.